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THE ENGLISH SCHOOL MA GA ZINE 2020

Staffroom
1962
1914 1934

THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1922 THE SCHOOL SUFFERS ITS
BREAKS OUT, AND DESPITE FIRST MAJOR SETBACK WHEN
MANY DIFFICULTIES THE THE ARMY REQUISITIONS
SCHOOL CONTINUES TO THE ENGLISH SCHOOL
FLOURISH. DURING THE GREAT BUILDINGS AT THE PAPHOS
MEASLES EPIDEMIC, GATE (NOW THE NICOSIA
ONLY THE ENGLISH SUPREME COURTS) AT ONLY
SCHOOL AND ONE OTHER 14 DAYS’ NOTICE AND 1935
1938 STAY OPEN. WOLSELEY BARRACKS. THE THE ARMY CONFIRMS
SCHOOL ON THE ISLAND
CONVERTS THEM INTO THE
SCHOOL IS OBLIGED TO
MOVE INTO A HOUSE IN
THAT IT WILL WANT
QUARTERS ARE ALSO MOVED.
DUE TO THE IMMINENT BYRON AVE. THE BOARDERS’ THE BUILDINGS AT
THE PAPHOS GATE
OUTBREAK OF WAR, 1940 PERMANENTLY,
THE SCHOOL IS INSTRUCTED SO CANON NEWHAM,
BY MR SIMS, THE THE HEADMASTER OF
AIR-RAID SHELTERS 1941 FOR THE SCHOOL.
HEADMASTER, ON AIR RAID THE SCHOOL, HAS TO
PRECAUTIONS. DURING THE SUMMER FIND A NEW SITE
HOLIDAYS, THE STUDENTS
VOLUNTARILY BUILD
DUE TO SHORTAGE OF
ACCOMMODATION
1942 UNDER THE ATHLETICS DUE TO THE OUTBREAK OF THERE ARE NOW ONLY
STADIUM AND OFFER
THE 2ND WORLD WAR IN
130 PUPILS ON THE ROLL
THEIR SERVICES TO THE
1939, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL
COMPARED TO OVER
GOVERNMENT AS FIRST-AID
IS EVACUATED TO KYRENIA
200 A COUPLE OF YEARS
ASSISTANTS AND
STRETCHER-BEARERS. FOR SAFETY, AND THE PREVIOUSLY.
FOLLOWING A FATAL BRITISH ARMY AGAIN
MEASLES, MUMPS AND OCCUPIES THE PREMISES
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.
1963 HOTEL AND FOUR RENTED
THE WHOLE SCHOOL THE SEAVIEW HOTEL, THE
IS INOCULATED. EAST WING OF THE DOME
HOUSES SERVE AS
ACCOMMODATION FOR
1958 IN DECEMBER, THE STAFF AND STUDENTS.
SHOPS ARE ALSO RENTED
INTERCOMMUNAL
FOR USE AS CLASSROOMS.
AS A RESULT OF THE MOVE
TROUBLES START
THE NUMBER OF BOARDERS
BETWEEN GREEK CYPRIOTS
es chronicles THE SCHOOL NUMBERS WHICH RESULTS IN TURKISH IT IS RECORDED THAT THE
INCREASES FROM 22 TO 173.
AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS
DROP FROM 550 TO
CYPRIOT STAFF AND
FOOD, OWING TO WARTIME
300 DUE TO THE POLITICAL
STUDENTS LEAVING THE
RATIONING, IS VERY POOR.
SITUATION, AS THE SCHOOL
SCHOOL. THE NATIONAL
IS SEEN AS ‘UN-CHRISTIAN’.
GUARD TAKES OVER THE
AN EPIDEMIC OF THE ASIAN
LLOYDS BOARDING HOUSE.
1962 INTEGRATION BOYS & GIRLS
FLU SWEEPS THE SCHOOL
WITH HALF ITS POPULATION
except in the fifth and sixth years,
BEING STRUCK DOWN
and naturally boys will not be expected
IN ONE DAY. THE ALKS [...The classes will not, however, be mixed,
to undertake such difficult subjects as
BUILDING BECOMES ONE
10 VAST HOSPITAL. 1974 needlework, or the girls play football...]
JULY 20
TURKISH TROOPS LAND IN CYPRUS. MR HUMPHREYS, THE HEADMASTER MAKES EVERY
EFFORT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN AND AVOID STAFF REDUNDANCIES. THE SCHOOL OPENS
ON THE 30TH SEPTEMBER WITH A STUDENT POPULATION OF 610 WHICH, ALTHOUGH FAR
LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S 916, IS COMMENDABLE CONSIDERING THE PREVAILING
SITUATION. HE MAKES EVERY ATTEMPT TO CUT COSTS SO THAT THE SCHOOL’S CONTINUATION
IS ENSURED, AND STAFF CONTRIBUTE BY TAKING A 20% SALARY CUT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT AT THE TIME OF THE INVASION THE HEADMASTER WAS IN GREECE EN ROUTE TO THE UK
ON ONE OF HIS RARE HOLIDAYS, AND AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY HE CAUGHT A SHIP BACK
TO CYPRUS TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.